This video is a short introduction to using
OneSearch to find WCU library resources. OneSearch is a new tool that allows you to
search for a variety of reliable sources on almost
any topic through one search box. OneSearch appears in the center of the library
homepage, so you can just type in your terms
and hit Search. My topic is bipolar disorder in adolescents.
Here’s a tip-- if you have two or more words that
should always appear together in order as a phrase, like bipolar disorder, put
quotation marks around them.
OneSearch is designed to mostly bring back
sources that are either available online or in our
print collection. Let’s look at a few examples of how we would
get the complete article or book.
The information about the full text of each item
appears at the bottom of the box. For most articles there will be a link that says
“Full Text Online”. Click that link. In some cases, like this, the link will take you
directly to the PDF for the article. Here it is.
Sometimes the link will take you to this page,
where you will have one or more choices of
where to find the article. Look for an “article” link, which will take you on
to the database. In this case, the database
does not open the full text automatically, and I have to look around the page to find the PDF or
HTML full text link. Here it is on the left.
Occasionally, instead of “Full Text Online”, it will
say “Physical copy”, which means that we only
have that article in our print journal collection on the 1st floor of the
library, near Starbucks.
Now let’s look at a book. Unlike articles, most
books will be in our print collection, rather than
online. To find a book, you need the following
information: the floor of the library it is on, the
call number that identifies that particular book, and if it is available. If any of that information is
missing, just click on the link. It will take you to the library catalog, which will
have the complete information.
For ebooks and some other items like online
government documents and streaming videos,
the links work a bit differently than for articles. Let’s look at this one for an online streaming
video. If we click the link, it takes me first to the library
catalog, and then I look for the “Access” link.
That link takes me on to the video or book. One more tip. Although OneSearch mostly finds
sources we own, sometimes you will see results
that simply say “Citation”. We rarely have items marked this way, so you
will either want to skip them, or ask a librarian
for help. The next video in this series will show you how
to narrow down your OneSearch results using
the options on the left side of the screen.